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Evaporative dry eye
When we say that evaporative dry eye is present in a young 25 year old male. Can that entirely be attributed to the use of computers/mobiles. Or there is some underlying oil gland dysfunction and use of screens is not the cause but is rather exacerbating it. I know that if we age, dry eyes are natural part of aging and artificial tears only make you comfortable but don't cure it. However I am asking in respect of " evaporative dry eye". As I am an avid computer user and my diagnosis as per opthalmologist was evaporation problem Will tear drops permanently cure me? Or I am already beginning to have glandular dysfunction which has started contributing to dry eye to some extent.
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Computer use definitely can cause evaporative dry eye. While one uses Computer or any gadget, they tend to blink less. Blink releases and distributes the tear components on the eye surface like windshield wiper.  When one blinks less, the tears evaporate and fresh tears are not distributed in normal manner.  The ambient  conditions in a room are also important,  like tempatature and humidity. The air-conditioning is not a true air conditioning and it is a air cooler as it sucks hot air and cools it and pumps in. While hot air is pumped out, it sucks humidity also and it condenses.  Condensed water is thrown out and thus low humidity in the room and cause of dryness. So less frequent blinking and loss humidity are reasons for many young computer hooked, work or play purposes, persons suffer from vague complaints and if ophthalmologist recommends drops use them. Also organize your work or play time on computers.
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